Ricardo

Ricardo
Pronunciation	Spanish: [riˈkaɾðo] Portuguese: [ʁiˈkaɾðu];
Gender	Male
Origin
Language(s)	Spanish, Portuguese
Meaning	'strong in rule'
Other names
Related names	Riccardo, Richard, Rick, Chico

Ricardo is the Spanish and Portuguese cognate of the name Richard. It derived from Proto-Germanic *rīks 'king, ruler' + *harduz 'hard, brave'. It may be a given name, or a surname.^{[citation needed]}

People

Given name

Ricardo de Araújo Pereira (born 1974), Portuguese comedian
Ricardo Arjona (born 1964), Guatemalan singer
Ricardo Arona (born 1978), Brazilian mixed martial artist
Ricardo Ávila (born 1997), Panamanian footballer
Ricardo Bierhals (born 1990), Brazilian footballer
Ricardo Bralo (born 1916), Argentine long-distance runner
Ricardo Bombine Pimentel (born 1978), Brazilian musician
Ricardo Bueno Fernández (1940-2015), Spanish politician
Ricardo Busquets (born 1974), Puerto Rican swimmer
Ricardo Cardeno (born 1971), Colombian triathlete
Ricardo Carvalho (born 1978), Portuguese footballer
Ricardo Cortez (1900-1977), American actor
Ricardo Darín (born 1957), Argentine actor
Ricardo da Silva (born 1980), Cape Verdean-Portuguese footballer
Ricardo Faty (born 1986), Senegalese footballer
Ricardo Fischer (born 1991), Brazilian basketball player
Ricardo Fortaleza (born 1951), Filipino-Australian boxer
Ricardo Fuller (born 1979), Jamaican football (soccer) player
Ricardo A. "Rick" Galindo, American politician
Ricardo Gangeme (1943-1999), Argentine journalist and founder of El Informador Chubutense
Ricardo Gomes (born 1964), Brazilian footballer
Ricardo González (golfer) (born 1969), Argentine golf player
Ricardo González (racing driver) (born 1977), Mexican racing driver
Ricardo Gónzalez Reinoso (born 1965), retired Chilean footballer
Ricardo Gutierrez (born 1955), American actor
Ricardo López (born 1966), Mexican professional boxer
Ricardo Hallman, American college football player
Ricardo Hausmann (born 1956), Venezuelan politician and professor at Harvard
Ricardo Hurtado (born 1999), American actor
Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite (born 1982), better known as Kaká, Brazilian footballer
Ricardo James (born 1966), Panamaian footballer
Ricardo Lagos (born 1938), Chilean socialist politician and former president
Ricardo Larrivée (born 1967), French-Canadian TV and radio food presenter and writer
Ricardo Lee (born 1948), Filipino screenwriter, journalist, novelist, and playwright
Ricardo P. Lloyd (born 1993), British actor
Ricardo Londoño (1949–2009), Colombian racing driver
Ricardo López Felipe (born 1971), Spanish football goalkeeper
Ricardo Macarrón (1926–2004), Spanish painter
Ricardo Mangue Obama Nfubea (born 1961), former Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea
Ricardo Marsh (born 1981), American basketball player, 2007 top scorer in the Israel Basketball Premier League
Ricardo Martínez (born 1980), Mexican footballer
Ricardo Matosinhos (born 1982), Portuguese hornplayer and pedagogue
Ricardo Maurício (born 1979), Brazilian racing driver
Ricardo Montalbán (1920–2009), Mexican actor
Ricardo Medina, Jr. (born 1979), American actor
Ricardo Menéndez March (born 1987/1988), New Zealand politician
Ricardo Miranda (born 1976), Canadian politician and trade unionist
Ricardo Mthembu (1970–2020), South African politician
Ricardo Nascimento (born 1974), Portuguese footballer
Ricardo Palma (1833-1919), Peruvian author
Ricardo Pereira (actor) (born 1979), Portuguese actor, television presenter and fashion model
Ricardo Alexandre Martins Soares Pereira (born 1976), Portuguese football goalkeeper
Ricardo Pinto (disambiguation), multiple people
Ricardo Puno (1923-2018), Filipino lawyer
Ricardo Quaresma (born 1983), Portuguese footballer
Ricardo Rodriguez (disambiguation), multiple people
Ricardo Rosset (born 1968), Brazilian racing driver
Ricardo Salampessy (born 1984), Indonesian footballer
Ricardo Sanabria (born 1969), Paraguayan footballer
Ricardo Sánchez (water polo) (born 1971), Spanish water polo player
Ricardo Santos (disambiguation), multiple people
Ricardo Senn (1931-2012), Argentine cyclist
Ricardo Sperafico (born 1979), Brazilian racing driver
Ricardo Teixeira (racing driver) (born 1984), Angolan racing driver
Ricardo Villagran (born 1938), Argentine illustrator
Ricardo Villalobos (born 1970), Chilean electronic musician
Ricardo Zonta (born 1976), Brazilian racing driver
Ricardo Zunino (born 1949), Argentine racing driver

Nickname

Richard Møller Nielsen (1937-2014), Danish football manager whose team won the Euro 1992

Last name

Amy Mary Ricardo, birth name of Amy Gordon-Lennox, Countess of March (1847–1879), British aristocrat
Cicely Kate Ricardo, birth name of Kate Bertram (1912–1999), British ichthyologist
David Ricardo (1772–1823), British economist
David Ricardo (the younger) (1803–1864), British Liberal Member of Parliament
Colonel Francis Cecil Ricardo (1852–1924), British army officer, police officer and philanthropist (brother of Horace Ricardo)
Halsey Ricardo (1854–1928), English architect and designer
Sir Harry Ricardo (1885–1974), British motor engineer who established Ricardo Consulting Engineers
Colonel Horace Ricardo (1850–1935), British army officer and land owner (brother of Francis Cecil Ricardo)
James Ricardo, American film director
John Lewis Ricardo (1812–1862), British businessman and politician
Osman Ricardo (1795–1881), British Liberal and Whig politician

Fictional characters

Richard Alpert (Lost), on the Lost TV series
Ricardo Diaz, from the Grand Theft Auto: Vice City video game
Lucy and Ricky Ricardo, main characters on the I Love Lucy TV series
Ricardo Dalisay, the primary protagonist in the Ang Probinsyano TV series
Ricardo Tubbs, on the TV series Miami Vice
Ricardo (comic book character), the main antagonist from The Adventures of Nero comic book series
Ricardo Amino (Cartoon character) , side character and brother of Maria Amino from the cartoon show ‘’Ozzy and Drix’’ air date September 27, 2003
Ricardio, a character who is a heart from Ice King’s body in the animated series Adventure Time